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Many employers are bad at analyzing their behavioral health benefits and making sure that the benefits are comparable to their other health benefits, but they are quick to improve when regulators come by. Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen presented those conclusions today, in a report to Congress on implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is the Labor Department agency in charge of enforcing MHPAEA requirements at employer plans.


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